Toward a Venezuelan Transition? Escaping a Complex Humanitarian Emergency

The Venezuelan crisis is, first of all, a humanitarian one triggered by the gradual collapse of the state, the GDP collapse amidst hyperinflation, the biggest humanitarian crisis of refugees and migrants in the region, and systematic violations of human rights. The Venezuelan humanitarian crisis has been aggravated by the pandemic -a crisis within a crisis. The seminars will analyze the current dimension of the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela and the international initiatives to advance in a comprehensive solution.

Speakers: Ricardo Hausmann, Director, Growth Lab; Rafik Hariri Professor of the Practice of International Political Economy, Harvard Kennedy School; Francisco Cox Vial, Lawyer and member of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, appointed by the United Nation’s Human Rights Council. "The Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela" Moderated by: Steven Levitsky, Professor of Government, Harvard University, Director, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies; José Ignacio Hernández G., Fellow, Growth Lab at Harvard's Center for International Development.

Presented in collaboration with the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies

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